Penguins Career Powerplay Stats

"Go out there and stop making me look bad."

This won't be a crazy in depth look into the Penguins powerplay.  None of the numbers here can be used to make concrete conclusions on anything.  Honestly, it's hard to *heavily* critique a powerplay after 6 games, even if it is trending down right now and already undergoing some [questionable] changes.  Anyways, I unloaded all of my critiquing for the moment in the Isles recap.

Here are just some numbers for the current roster and their career productivity, especially on the powerplay. As I learned in marketing classes long ago, any person can manipulate every stat to make it say what they want.  So I won't say anything about the stats, you can make your own thoughts and conclusions.  I just figured I would share some numbers that I was curious about.

Team Stats (since Bylsma took over):

	2008-'09	2009-'10	2010-'11	2011-'12	2012-'13
Oct	HCMT	17.7%	12.9%	21.8%	Lockout
Nov		10.2%	20.4%	15.7%
Dec		17.6%	18.4%	21.6%
Jan		18.6%	22.2%	12.1%	22.7%
Feb	15.6%	22.2%	17.0%	30.0%	?
Mar	18.2%	17.6%	4.0%	13.3%	?
Apr	26.1%	23.1%	25.0%	28.6%	?
Season	17.2% (20th)	17.2% (20th)	15.8% (25th)	19.7% (5th)	22.7% (11th)

• '08-'09 and '09-'10 seasons aren't typos. Somehow it was the exact same percentage and place.
• March 2011 - 4%, ouch.  Hard to forget that one.

Player Stats (Career, Regular Season)

Sorted by Points per Game

Player	Games	Pts	Pts/gm
Crosby	440	615	1.40
Malkin	433	533	1.23
Neal	320	222	0.69
Kunitz	539	355	0.66
Letang	356	175	0.49
Kennedy	332	158	0.48
Dupuis	756	339	0.45
Martin	556	217	0.39
Cooke	893	339	0.38
Sutter	292	108	0.37
Jeffrey	68	21	0.31
Niskanen	375	110	0.29
Lovejoy	98	25	0.26
Despres	22	5	0.23
Vitale	82	17	0.21
Engelland	151	29	0.19
Orpik	591	111	0.19
Adams	757	133	0.18
Glass	268	39	0.15
Tangradi	45	5	0.11

•  Just an interesting look/reminder of how each player has done through his career.  Sid of course being #1.  Did you expect TK to be so close to Letang?  It certainly makes an interesting case for Jeffrey too.

Sorted by Powerplay Goals per Game

Player	Games	Goals	PPG	PPG %	PPG/gm
Malkin	433	209	78	37.32%	0.180
Crosby	440	226	67	29.65%	0.152
Neal	320	117	35	29.91%	0.109
Kunitz	539	151	45	29.80%	0.083
Despres	22	1	1	100.00%	0.045
Letang	356	40	15	37.50%	0.042
Sutter	292	53	8	15.09%	0.027
Kennedy	332	71	9	12.68%	0.027
Martin	556	32	14	43.75%	0.025
Dupuis	756	157	19	12.10%	0.025
Niskanen	375	22	7	31.82%	0.019
Jeffrey	68	12	1	8.33%	0.015
Cooke	893	145	7	4.83%	0.008
Adams	757	46	3	6.52%	0.004
Orpik	591	11	1	9.09%	0.002
Lovejoy	98	4	0	0.00%	0.000
Vitale	82	5	0	0.00%	0.000
Engelland	151	7	0	0.00%	0.000
Glass	268	13	0	0.00%	0.000
Tangradi	45	1	0	0.00%	0.000

• Malkin leads in power play goals per game.  He's 3rd when it comes to percentage of career goals scored on the powerplay (not including Despres).  First - Martin with 43.75% of his goals being scored on the powerplay.  Second is Letang. 

Sorted by Powerplay Points per Game

Player	Games	Pts	PP Pts	PP Pts %	PP Pts/gm
Crosby	440	615	240	39.02%	0.545
Malkin	433	533	200	37.52%	0.462
Letang	356	175	68	38.86%	0.191
Neal	320	222	61	27.48%	0.191
Kunitz	539	355	93	26.20%	0.173
Martin	556	217	86	39.63%	0.155
Niskanen	375	110	38	34.55%	0.101
Kennedy	332	158	24	15.19%	0.072
Sutter	292	108	17	15.74%	0.058
Dupuis	756	339	39	11.50%	0.052
Despres	22	5	1	20.00%	0.045
Cooke	893	339	23	6.78%	0.026
Jeffrey	68	21	1	4.76%	0.015
Vitale	82	17	1	5.88%	0.012
Orpik	591	111	7	6.31%	0.012
Lovejoy	98	25	1	4.00%	0.010
Adams	757	133	4	3.01%	0.005
Engelland	151	29	0	0.00%	0.000
Glass	268	39	0	0.00%	0.000
Tangradi	45	5	0	0.00%	0.000

• Crosby is your leader in powerplay points per game.  He is second behind Martin in percentage of overall points scored on the powerplay.  (Um, maybe *part* of the reason Martin isn't a $5 mil defenseman is because we don't put him in a position to be.)